Re: Installing package for IRIX64 on IRIX

From: Jeff Johnson <jbj redhat com>

To: rpm-list redhat com

Subject: Re: Installing package for IRIX64 on IRIX

Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:06:06 -0400

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 02:58:50PM -0500, Albert Chin wrote:
> I've created an RPM package using RPM 4.0.4 on the following system:
> IRIX64 puar 6.5 01100304 IP30
> I'd like to install it on the following system:
> IRIX foo 6.5 11051729 IP22
>
> When I attempt the install on host "foo", I get the error:
> package xxx is for a different operating system
>
> Can I work around this in the package or the rpmrc file without
> --ignoreos (preferably rpmrc so I don't have to rebuild the package)?
> I thought the following line should avoid the problem:
> os_compat: IRIX64: IRIX
> but it doesn't.
Hmmm, you might try
os_canon: IRIX64: Irix 2
73 de Jeff
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